now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. kosovo has enjoyed independent statehood for 13 years, but almost half the world doesn t recognise it. poverty and corruption is endemic and its own prime minister seemingly has doubts about the desirability of independence. and that prime minister is my guest today. albin kurti has had a turbulent career. he s been a political prisoner, he launched five tear gas attacks on his own parliament and he has a vision of kosovo unifying with albania. so is he a source of instability in the balkans? theme music plays. prime minister albin kurti in pristina, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. prime minister, your predecessors as leaders of kosovo have all put a big priority in trying to normalise relations with serbia, trying to make peace with serbia. you say it is not even a priority for you. why? we won on 14th of february elections with a landslide victory, with a ticket ofjobs
statehood for 13 years, but half the world doesn t recognise it. corruption is endemic in its own prime minister has doubts about the desirability of independence and that prime minister is my guest today. albin kurti has had a turbulent career. he s been a political prisoner and launched five tear gas attacks on his own parliament and he has a vision of kosovo unifying with albania. so is he a source of instability in the balkans? prime minister albin kurti. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. your status as prime minister of kosovo have all put a big priority in trying to normalise relations with serbia, trying to make peace with serbia. you say it is not even a priority for you. why? we won on the 14th of february elections with a landslide victory with a ticket ofjobs and justice. i don t want to neglect normalisations with serbia, but economic developments on one hand and rule of law against corruption on the other are two top priorities. taken into considerati
this is a film about story telling, about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there s one episode of america s history that is told very differently depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brothers fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics lost in contemporary times you myth say. everyone of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. to introduce myself my name is rachel boyington. this is nelson walker. we are independent documentary film makers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. and we re going to places with a deep connection to this history. there s a lot more coming. what made yo
79594061 call now, i m evan perez, federal court in washington and this is cnn it s wednesday, march 27, right now on cnn this morning this is not just not just unprecedented from what we re seeing and what we re looking at today it s heartbreaking a search and rescue operation becomes a recovery mission at the site of baltimore s deadly bridge collapse the supreme court hears arguments in a case that could restrict access to the abortion pill. what will they decide? and former rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel forced i don t another job 06:00 a.m. here in washington. alive. look at capitol hill on this wednesday morning. morning, everyone, i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. investigators are preparing to board the crippled container ship, but took down baltimore s key bridge. here s what we know at this hour divers looking for survivors pulled from the river, their work deemed to be too dangerous dress to continue because of all the sharp twisted metal under